Judges 3:16
Ehud made himself a sword– it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.
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- Judg 3:21 : 21 Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s belly.
- Ps 45:3 : 3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
- Ps 149:6 : 6 May the praises of God be in their mouths and a two-edged sword in their hands,
- Song 3:8 : 8 All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.
- Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
- Rev 1:16 : 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
- Rev 2:12 : 12 To the Church in Pergamum“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword:
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- Judg 3:17-2711 verses89%
17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab.(Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
18 After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.
19 But he went back once he reached the carved images at Gilgal. He said to Eglon,“I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon said,“Be quiet!” All his attendants left.
20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated upper room all by himself. Ehud said,“I have a message from God for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat,
21 Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s belly.
22 The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.
23 As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said,“He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”
25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor!
26 Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.
27 When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.
- Judg 3:14-152 verses80%
14 The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
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1 Deborah Summons Barak The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight after Ehud’s death.
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23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
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11 “‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand– the sword is sharpened, it is polished– giving it into the hand of the executioner.
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3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
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6 These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:
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10 So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”
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14 The other man said,“Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”
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25 When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.
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21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
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3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.
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12 Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight.
- 1 Sam 21:8-92 verses64%
8 David said to Ahimelech,“Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don’t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king’s instructions.”
9 David Goes to Gath The priest replied,“The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that, there’s nothing here.” David said,“There’s nothing like it! Give it to me!”
- 1 Sam 17:6-72 verses64%
6 He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.
7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him.
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6 Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”
- Jer 13:2-32 verses64%
2 So I bought the shorts in keeping with the LORD’s instructions and put them on.
3 Then the LORD’s message came to me again,
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6 When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes.
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3 and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
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8 All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.
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2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
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26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.
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24 The king ordered,“Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.
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8 When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out.
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9 “Son of man, prophesy and say:‘This is what the Lord says:“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.
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26 Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She“hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.
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31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. He killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. So he also delivered Israel.
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13 Then David instructed his men,“Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.
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11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this,“What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!”
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4 Saul said to his armor bearer,“Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.